Concerns

I have been fishing at Day Pond in April for 15+ years. The last couple of years there has been a weed growth that makes fishing difficult. This year it was much worst making it almost impossible to retrive your fishing line without catching onto this weed.

Concerns

there seems to be a significant increase in plant life despite efforts to manage with draw down and a small area of surface dredging. we have been controling contamination from entering the lake as well.

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LakeName: Dayton PondLakeArea: AccessLocation: Dayton Pond is part of the Muddy River/Tyler Mill Recreation area, and is on the right off of West Dayton Hill Rd. just after you've turned right off of Woodhouse Ave. I think it is also accessible from Bertini Park, but don't remember for sure how easily you could get Town: WallingfordUsername: mary heffernon, wallingford conservation commissionUserEmail: maryheff@hotmail.comUserTel: 203 265-6754 UserFAX: Remote Name: 159.247.227.252Remote User: HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)Date: 10 Jun 2005Time: 12:58:23

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LakeName: Dayton PondLakeArea: 60 acres? Check on state mapAccessLocation: on the right off of West Dayton Hill Rd. just after you've turned right off of Woodhouse Ave. I think it is also accessible from Bertini Park, but don't remember for sure how easily you could get in there. Town: WallingfordUsername: mary heffernon, wallingford conservation commissionUserEmail: maryheff@hotmail.comUserTel: 203 265-6754 UserFAX: Remote Name: 159.247.227.252Remote User: HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)Date: 10 Jun 2005Time: 16:13:08

Concerns

We want to know if there are invasive species we should be worried about.

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no.

Manage

no.
call to make specific arrangaements for access when know when can survey. it's a small lake best surveyed by canoe with possibly a little carry to get access.
louise carter knows it won't be until august.

Concerns

We would like to be able to control the weeds, which means we need to know what kind we have and whether they are "bad or good." As the area around the pond has been "civilized" over the years we have been concerned about things that might make their way into the pond...which is the headwaters of the Fenton River. The pond is a private one and owned by an association comprised of owners of the thirteen lots on which the pond is located.

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plants are getting very abundant, more every year. they think they have a milfoil species. it's rumored to be one of the cleanest lakes in the state and has exceptional clarity. state owns bottom, private ownership of the land around it. state boat launch.

Concerns

Dangers from swimming and entanglement with milfoil on small children

Manage

They have applied various pellets and have had reapers in as well. Milfoil seems to be the problem. We have also had the ability to drop watrer level over 4' which I believewould freeze the lower level areas. We could try this this end of year around Sept as State has access to dam valve.

Concerns

Many related to the water quality and acquatic plants.

Manage

To my knowledge it has been managed more for typical species. We have had an extensive lake study done that we received the results of this spring. Please do consider coming to study our small unique lake and its watershed.
Lisa Lacombe
Secretary
Shaker Pines Lake Association

Concerns

The town/lake association has submitted an application to DEP Pesticide Program to treat the lake with 2,4-D and Diquat to control variable watermilfoil, watershield, white water lily, and spatterdock.

Manage

It is my understanding that selected portions of the lake have been hydroraked and/or harvested over the last few years. Do not have direct knowledge of past treatments

Concerns

Entire lake is state owned. Limited residential development along portions of the north end of lake. A lakefront owner has made application to treat 63 acres to control water lilies. DEP introduced northern pike in 2001. This species requires abundant levels of aquatic vegetation.

Concerns

While we have seen no evidence of invasive plants at the present time, we are very concerned about our vulnerability. Our lake is man-made, approximately 55 years old, not overly developed, but relatively shallow and nutrient rich. In the late summer we get a lot of long, grassy weeds that break off, float to the surface in huge clumps and wash up along the shoreline. We certainly hope this grass is not an invasive plant, but we are concerned about its density and proliferation. We would like to have the lake surveyed, preferably in late summer when this grassy weed is at its peak.

Manage

Not for submerged plants. We are part of the UConn Dept. of Plant Science biological control project to manage purple loosestrife.

Concerns

Areas of significant aquatic plant growth. Ponds on wither side, Lantern Hill pond to the north and bush pond to the east are shallow and have extensive aquatic plant growth. Would like to know if there is a possibility of invasive plants from the adjoining lakes impacting Long Pond.

Concerns

Long grass-like weeds that break off from the bottom & float to the surface in thick batches in late summer. We would like to identify this particular weed and survey the lake's aquatic plants for possible invasives. We would like to have a survey done in August when these weeds are at their peak.

Concerns

overgrowth of weeds, lilypads, Canadian Geese control This is our third summer and there is a definite increase in growth throughout. I am concerned about the water quality re:swimming and life of lake.

Manage

Only by a few individuals in front of their particular frontages...I don't believe anyone has treated the lake in a few years.

Concerns

Yes. In trying to identify the various weeds & growth I identified (according to your plant descriptions) what I think is water chestnut and najas minor. The water chestnut plant is new this season and seems to be expanding rather quickly.

Concerns

I have spent summers here for 52 years and now live here. This summer there was a dramatic increase in mil-foil and fanwort. There is a 3-town association that in aware of the problem. I would like to learn more about it.

Manage

Not to my knowledge but I can check with the Gardner Lake Association.